chapter 13 C: Big Top Burglary
"Come on you gotta eat!" I said holding up the straw to the Ponyata getting a weak squeak from the poor giant, we were part of a travelling carnival then as performing pokemon though with the state we were in after that days performance we would have been better off in a petting zoo.
The 'mighty bunneary and her burning steed' an act that was getting tougher and tougher to do with every passing day as that fat bastard sat in his golden caravan counting his stacks cutting corners where he can so he can buy yet another trinket. After that day's performance the food we were given now was literally just straw not even table scraps just straw, how did they expect any of their performing pokemon to act on that sort of diet I don't know but the pokemon they did feed like the security guards pikachus and the ringmasters grimmsnarl ensured our continued "performance."
It was getting desperate but when it came to lights out something both brilliant and stupid happened, slinking around the caravans was 3 boys 2 speaking with the local galarian accent one speaking with a unovan accent. "Right this is the place, hooo I love these guys performances" the unovan one said with glee going up to our cage before his facial expression drooped, "Alex you paid more attention in biology what's going on?" he said nodding to us.
That messy galarian boy who I assumed was called Alex walked up to the cage eyeing me like a piece of meat but then his expression too dropped into one of pitty, "it's ok I am a friend" he said reaching into his jackets inner pocket before producing a bar then snapped it in two offering me both halfs "give the other to your friend that ponyata is not looking too good" he said putting a level of care on each word I had quite literally never heard before.
Doing as instructed fearing a shock I placed the bar by the ponyata's mouth then sniffed my half, the smell was like a culinary punch to the face it was fruity and sweet "holy shit that was fast" the other galarian boy said with the unovan looking just as shocked when I scarfed down the bar like it was the first meal I had in a while.
Though to be truthful it was and Alex read that on my facial expression, "That's it this simple photo opportunity is turning into a robbery" he said straightening his back taking 2 pokeballs out of his pockets after the ponyata opened his mouth taking in the bar with as much zeal. "Are you insane?" the other galarian asked looking at Alex, "anderson haven't you noticed on our way here the floor of the big top where these guys performed as well as the pokemon the guards walk around with?" Alex said towards the other galarian who after a few seconds it dawned on him.
"well… any objections Jones?" Anderson said taking out his own pair of pokeballs whilst the Unovan took out his own, "we have no plan of action as per usual so just another day then?" he said as all 3 let their pokemon loose. Alex's kirlia and raboot looked at me and the ponyata "gee you guys look like shit" the raboot said getting a light smack upside the head by the kirlia, "they are inside a cage and Alex probably wants us to open it" she said in a matter of fact tone.
"Well excuse me princess" the raboot said as Alex gave the order "melt em, break em either way get those locks off" he said and the trio got to work, when it came to the lock on our cage Alex focused on our lock having his raboot try to melt it with flamethrower. "guards coming we got to go" Jones said in a rushed whisper to Alex paranoid but they still managed to avoid the guards gaze, "not yet just 1 more" Alex said looking around frantically for something.
That is when he found that the hammer left by caravan of the ringmaster, we still have no idea how he stole it but when he came back with it guards were chasing him. "MOVE!" he commanded and the raboot obeyed rolling out of the way as Alex raised the hammer that had killed many performers.
But when it came down this time it was not to put down a pokemon that couldn't perform, it instead shattered the red hot lock like glass "OK NOW WE CAN LEAVE! THEY CERTAINLY HEARD THAT!" he shouted. If the guards some how didn't hear the lock being shattered they would of heard his yell before he picked me up and whilst struggling put the ponyata on his back then began to run.
That night whilst liberating was also terrifying as they focused on using their pokemons abilities to confuse and evade being caught themselves, after all was said and done the carnival had to packup and go to try and escape local authorities though the ringmaster could never escape.
Most of the performing pokemon were taken to sanctuaries but me and the ponyata stayed with Alex never leaving the side of the 14 year old after that.